Hat-holder



(No Model.)

B. A. NEWMAN.

HAT HOLDER.

.672. Patented Sept. 24, 1889.

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A :E INVENTOR Z my/w UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

EDIVIN A. NEXVMAN, OF \VASHINGTON, DIS"RICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T DAVID L. SNEDIKER, OF EMPORIA, KANSAS.

HAT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,672, dated September 24, 1889.

Application filed November 28, 1888. Serial No. 292,142- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN A. NEWMAN, of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Holders, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and efficient device for holding hats.

My improved hat-holder is especially designed for use in hat-boxes to protect the hat in transportation from being rubbed or broken. The device may also be used on opera-chairs, railway-cars, wardrobes, &c. It is so constructed that the hat may be readily placed in position and removed. It holds the hat away from the bottom and sides of the box with only a small surface of contact, so that it will not become soiled, rubbed, or otherwise injured.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved hatholder applied to the top of ahat-box; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same; Fig. 3, a side view, of the device within a box, also showing by 2 5 dotted lines a hat in position; Fig. 4, a similar view showing also the manner of holding a hat-brush. Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 show different ways of bending the frame, and Fig. 11 is a view of the central plate.

The device in its simplest form is a metallic frame bent to give it elasticity and formed to hold a hat by the brim at two opposite edges. It is, however, preferably formed of a metallic frame A, made of a single piece of 3 5 wire attached to a central plate B. The

ends of the wire overlap at a: and are secured together in any suitable way. The plate B is formed with recesses 1, in which the wire frame is seated. The wings A A on each side of the central plate are bent to form two spring-coils a, two scrolls b, (corresponding in shape to a l1at-brim,) abrupt bends c c, and a cross-piece (1, parallel with the plate A and adapted to rest under the brim of a hat, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4. The plate is attached to a hat-box, operachair, or the like in any suitable way. In Fig. 1 it is shown as applied. to the top of a hat-box. If desired, however, the plate may be omitted, the wire frame thus constituting the entire device, which may be conveniently attached to the desired object by means of staples or the like.

A hat-brush may be conveniently held between the coils a, as indicated in Fig. 4. The 5 3 frames are preferably bent to aform suitable for this purpose.

In Fig. 5 the frame is shown as having double coils to increase its elasticity.

In Fig. 6 the coils are omitted; but the sides of the frame are bentinto S shapes or scrolls.

In Fig. 7 there are double coils and no scrolls or S-bends.

In Fig. 8 there are single coils and large connecting-coils.

In Fig. 9 there is the combination of scrolls, small coils, and large connecting-coils.

Fig. 10 shows the combination of scrolls, double coils, and large conneoting-coils Fig. 11 is a view of the centralplate.

The device may be used for hats of any size, the spring-metal frame giving it this capacity; or the frame may easily be enlarged or reduced by suitably bending the wire. The hat should be placed in position by first 7 5 placing one side of the brim under one of the cross-pieces c, and then placing the opposite side of the brim under the opposite crosspiece. By pressing aside one wing of the frame the hat may be readily withdrawn.

It is obvious that other modifications might be made without departing from the substance of my invention. The various examples shown are, however, sufficient to illustrate my invention embodied in the best forms.

I claim as my invention 1. A hatholderconsisting of a spring-metal frame composed of two similar wings A, each having two parallel sides formed with abrupt bends c at their outer ends, and a cross-piece (Z, connecting the two sides and adapted to rest under the brim of the hat.

2. A hatholder consisting of a spring-wire frame formed of two similar wings A, each of said wings consisting of two sides formed with spring-coils near their inner ends and at their outer ends with abrupt bends 0, connected by a cross-piece d.

3. The combined hat-holder and hat-brush 10o holder herein described, consisting of a spring-wire frame formed with two similar Wings A, said wings each having abrupt being each formed with spring-coils near the bends c at their outer ends, adapted to rest under the brim of a hat and connected by a cross-piece d, and near the middle with spring bends or coils, between which the hatbrush may be held.

4. The combination, substantially as here inbefore set forth, of the central metallic plate, the spring-metal frame or hat-holder consisting of two similar Wings A, extending from each side of the central plate, said wings central plate, and scrolls extending outwardly from said spring-coils and having abrupt bends c at their outer ends connected by a 15 cross-piece d.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

ED\VIN A. NENVMAN. Witnesses:

LLOYD B. WIGHT, THos. S. HOPKINS. 

